Permission for Two Counsel

The Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) (No 5) Regulations 2000 which came into force on 18 October amended Regulation 48 of the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989 to permit the Registrar of Criminal Appeals to make or amend a legal aid order so as to provide for the services of a Queen’s Counsel or of more than one advocate in the Court of Appeal.